Combined calendar and pen-rack.



PATBNTBD DEC. 8', 1903 T. VON DER LUHE & W. H. BARTHOLOMEW. COMBINED CALENDAR AND PEN RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1903.

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T. VON DEB. LITHB & W. H. BARTHOLOMEW.

COMBINED GgLBNDAR AND PEN RACK. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1903. H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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PATENT FFIQE.

THEODORE VON DER LllHE AND WILLIAM H. BARTHOLOMEW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CALENDAR AND PEN-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IEatent No. 746,540, dated December 8, 1903. Application filed August 18, 1903- Serial No. 169,921. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THEODORE VON DER LiiHE and WILLIAM H. BARTHOLOMEW, both citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and. State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Calendar and Pen-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to certain novel and useful improvementsin a combined calendar and pen-rack.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide animproved calendar-stand which may be easily and readily folded or callapsed for the purpose of distributing or mailing the same; but when in its operative position the parts will be so correlated and combined that the calendar-stand will be provided with a relatively wide base portion, so that the possibility of the stand containing the pen-rack being upset will be reduced to a minimum.

A further object of our invention is to form the calendar-stand of a single piece of material bent or scored to form hinges for assem-.

bling the blank in the form of a stand, said blank also having a tongue portion designed to interlock with the portion of the blank forming the back of the stand.

As a further object we have also in view providing the calendar-stand with a novel pen-holding rack especially designed and adapted for supporting fountain-pens in an approximately upright position,so that the ink calendar-stand as a whole, such stand being formed of a blank such as is shown in Fig. 4. By reference to said figure it will be seen that the blank is approximately rectangular in shape, with the exception of one end portion 5, which is cut in the shape of a tongue, and the blank is preferably scored transversely, as shown by the dotted lines in said figure, to form the base member 6, the front or face member 7, and back member 8, the latter being provided with a plurality of transverselyarranged slots 9 and 10, the slot 10 being preferably of greater length than the slot 9, the intention being that when the blank is bent upon the scored lines it will form a stand of the character shown in Fig. l. The tongue portion 5 may be passed through the slots and be interlocked by the strip 11, formed by said slots. Instead of merely scoring the blank, if desired, transverse hinges of fabric or similar material may be employed to connect the front, back, and base portions. The front or face of the stand is preferably provided with a calendar, such as shown at 12 in Fig. 1, and is designed to have secured thereto our improved pen rack, which is clearly shown in Figs 1, 2, and 3 and which we will now describe in detail. This rack is formed of tin, aluminium, or similar metal and comprises, essentially, a relatively long body portion 13, provided at one of its longitudinal edges with upwardly-curved lip portions 14 and 15, a space being formed between said lips to enable the pen to be readily grasped. We have also arranged at various points along the longitudinal edges of the 'body portion a number of projections or teeth, such as shown at 16, said teeth being designed to penetrate the cardboard or material forming the front of the calendar-stand and then to be bent over and clenched upon the back thereof, as shown at 17 in Fig. 2, whereby the rack will be securely attached to said stand. The body portion of the rack is relatively wider at one end than at the other, and said wider end is designed to form the lower portion of the rack when mounted in the manner shown in Fig. 1. This lower widened end portion is formed with an end plate 18, which is intended to be bent upward until it comes into contact with the curved lip 15, such plate 18 having a straight side edge portion 19, so thataspace or opening 20 is left between the plate and the adjoining lip for the purpose of permitting dirt, dust, or the like to pass from the rack instead of remaining in the corners thereof. The remainder of the face of the stand--that is to say, the portions other than occupied by the pen-rack and the calendarmay be employed for any suitable advertising matter, inscriptions, or the like. It will be also observed that we have provided an exceedingly economical and convenient form of calendar and pen-rack, and,if desired,the rack portion may be placed transversely of the face instead of inclined, as shown in the drawings, and the end plate 18 omitted, so that pencils, penholders, and the like may be placed thereon; but when the rack is to be used for fountain-pens it is preferably secured in the manner illustrated.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1'. The combination of a stand formed of a single blank of material by bending orscoring the same transversely, one end of the blank having slots formed therein to receive and look the opposite end of the blank and a pen-rack secured to said blank, substantially as set forth.

2. A combined calendar-stand and penrack, comprising a blank designed to be folded or bent to form a base portion, a face portion and a back portion, said back portion having a plurality of transverse slots therein, forminga locking-strip, a tongue portion formed on the base and designed to interlock with the locking-strip'of the back, and a pen-rack secured to the face portion of the stand, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a calendar-stand formed of a single piece of material bent into an approximately traingular form to constitute a base portion, a face portion and a back portion, a pen-rack secured to said face portion, said rack comprising a relatively long body portion, aplurality of teeth formed longitudinally of the body portion and designed to engage with the face of the calendar, and upwardly-turned curved lip members formed integral with said body portion, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination of a calendar-stand formed of a single piece of material bent into an approximately triangular form to constitute a base portion, a face portion and'a back portion, a pen-rack secured to said face portion, said rack comprising a relatively long body portion, a plurality of teeth formed longitudinally of the body portion and designed to engage with the face of the calendar,curved lip members formed integral with the body portion atone of thelongitudinal edges thereof, and an end plate bent at an angle to the body portion, adjacent to one of the lip. mem V V bers, an opening being. formed betweenthe 7 end plate and the lip member for permitting the passage therethrough of dirt, dust or the like, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in thepreseuce 0 two subscribing witnesses. H

THEODORE VON DER LUHE.

WILLIAM H. BARTHOLOMEW. Witnesses:

ISABEL KOSINSKI,

WILLIAM F. QUIGLEY. 

